First record of the genus Typhlocirolana Racovitza, 1905 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from Tunisia and description of a new species from the National park of Ichkeul

摘要

An intensive exploration of groundwater habitats in Tunisia led to the discovery of Typhlocirolana ichkeuli sp. nov., the first record of the genus from Tunisia. Typhlocirolana ichkeuli sp. nov. is characterised especially by the lack of a propodal organ and the shape and the number of plumose setae on the medial lobe of maxilla 2. T. ichkeuli sp. nov. shows clear affinities with T. fontis, another species from Algeria.